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O that they had broken the yoke! O that they had called sin by its right
name! Then they would not be regarded in the heavenly courts as men
who, though bearing weighty responsibilities, have failed of speaking
the truth in reproof of that which has been in disobedience to God’s
Word.
Physicians, have you been doing the Master’s business in listening
to fanciful and spiritualistic interpretations of the Scriptures, interpre-
tations which undermine the foundations of our faith, and holding your
peace? God says, “Neither will I be with you any more, unless you
awake, and vindicate your Redeemer.”
Sophistries That Undermine the Pillars
My message to you is: No longer consent to listen without protest
to the perversion of truth. Unmask the pretentious sophistries which,
if received, will lead ministers and physicians and medical missionary
workers to ignore the truth. Every one is now to stand on his guard.
God calls upon men and women to take their stand under the blood-
stained banner of Prince Emmanuel. I have been instructed to warn our
people; for many are in danger of receiving theories and sophistries
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that undermine the foundation pillars of the faith.
Sometimes our physicians talk for hours, when they are weary and
perplexed, and in no fit condition to talk. Medical missionaries should
refuse to hold long night sessions of conversation. These night talks
have been times when Satan with his seductive influence has stolen
away from one and then another the faith once delivered to the saints.
Brilliant, sparkling ideas often flash from a mind that is influenced
by the great deceiver. Those who listen and acquiesce will become
charmed, as Eve was charmed by the serpent’s words. They cannot
listen to charming philosophical speculations, and at the same time
keep the word of the living God clearly in mind.
Our physicians have lost a great deal out of their lives because they
have seen wrong transactions and heard wrong words spoken, and seen
wrong principles followed, and have not spoken in reproof, for fear
that they would be repulsed.
I call upon those who have been connected with these binding
influences to break the yoke to which they have long submitted, and